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04/02/2025

Happiness is… friendship 🌸

11/23/2024

What’s your favorite beach in the world? Mine is in the home of my birth… Kenya! Nothing like the fragrant frangipani, pink bougainvillea flowers, Swahili architecture, turquoise warm waters and white sand of Bamburi Beach by the Serena Hotel in Mombasa… Most importantly, nothing like the kindness of Kenyans and the world’s sweetest language, Kiswahili! Welcome to Kenya! The land of friendly wisdom - Jambo, Karibu, Rafiki, Hakuna Matata and Pole Pole Sana! Enjoy! ❤️🇰🇪https://youtu.be/r0TJdeuiOzI?feature=shared

11/25/2022

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11/25/2022

Happy Black Friday! I’ve researched SAT prep courses and this is the best. Shaan Patel gives a free webinar monthly and they set you up with an advisor once you sign up for one of their SAT prep courses. They have a 50% discount today for Black Friday down from $1500 to $750. I just signed up my son who is a sophomore for a course this summer before his junior year. If you use this link and add the discount code BLACKFRIDAY22, they’ll also send you and me $100 each. They actually do this bc my friend signed up and we both got $100. May all our kids get into the best fit school for them!

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08/25/2022

Happy Back to School Everyone! Winning Essays is back in business and ready to help students write winning essays to get into their dream school! Parents of Seniors, call to schedule your two hour session today at +1 202-413-2482!

08/10/2020

Inspired listening to Taha Bawa on NPR and the organization he has created - GOODWALL - to help high school students put themselves on the map and find opportunities to make their lives better and the world a brighter place. Proud to know that he is a TCK from Sri Lanka who grew up in Switzerland, Iran and Pakistan and lives in Geneve! This 20-something is brimming with intelligence, humility and awesomeness. Thoroughly impressed.

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04/01/2019

March Madness - Well, it's been quite a month for college news!

There is a young woman who is paving a new brick road... creating a test that tells future employers if students have what's needed for the work force than simply going by degrees, grades and test scores. Since it's the last night of Women's History Month, I want to showcase Rebecca Kantar, a brilliant young woman who dropped out of Harvard to create her own company. She sold BrightCo and now has started another company that's out to change the world of education, high schools, college and the work force... Imbellus! Fascinating read. Enjoy!

L.A.-based startup Imbellus plans to upset the SAT and ACT’s monopoly with a test it says accurately gauges critical thinking.

02/06/2019

This month, I want to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! I hope the year of the pig brings good fortune to all my students and gets you into your dream college!

My first exposure to China was as a child. I sat mesmerized watching acrobats from China perform on stage in Pakistan. My second exposure was eating Chinese-South Asian food and later, Szechuan food with my family and friends in NY. Love the fortune cookies! My third was having two lovely roommates in college who spoke Chinese, one from Taiwan and one from Hong Kong. It is the most spoken language in the world! My fourth was teaching Chinese history and philosophy, which soon became my favorite unit to teach in World History and making friends with an exchange teacher from Suzhou, China. And, my fifth and most recent, was having the opportunity to travel and work in Suzhou this past October! What a beautiful city!

CHINA is an AMAZING civilization with an incredible past, present and future and people with boundless talent and potential no matter where they live in the world. I'm excited about the impact China will have on the 21st century and hope to have the chance to live and work there and learn Chinese someday, God-willing. This is not a country to fear but one to visit, embrace and learn from!

01/10/2019

A new year and a new tomorrow to consider! Here's an awesome website with cool places to attend college that may not be well known or on your list but provide an excellent education and are worth looking into! Remember, success is created by YOU, not by the college you attend. My wish for you in 2019 - Keep Robert Frost in mind... "Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

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10/14/2018

Weekend Update: Nihao from Suzhou, China! Honored and delighted to be running a Winning Essays College Writing Workshop at Suzhou's International School. Incredible school, thoughtful educators, dynamic students, beautiful location and amazing country! https://www.suzhousinternationalschool.com